Blue-winged Warbler. Taken this morning. There is alot of work invloved to get the bird on a nice perch w/o a distracting background and a good pose.
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Hi Steve. I shot him with the 7D, 600mm, f/5.6, iso 400, Natural light. I used a call to attract the bird to this perch that I set up using a branch native to the bird's habitat. It was fun sitting in a field loaded with ticks. Fortunately for me, I had premethrin treated outer clothing. No hitchhikers on me as of yet. The season to shoot birds like this only lasts for about 1 month...May to be specific. The birds are very territorial at this time which makes for good bird photgraphy. Once they get their girl, they stop responding to the calls and the bird season (warblers) is done.
It's the field grasses. With a big lense you have shallow depth of field that naturally blurs and smooths out the background.
20 minute drive for this species. Some of the woodland warbler species I go for requires a boat to reach their territory...ie: Lake George, NY
1/1000th. 1/500th is about as slow as you can go to freeze these little flirty subjects and get a sharp image.
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